Colorado Rockies prospect has an eye for the ball at the Olympics

Jayson Nix digging the long ball against Cuba (photo courtesy of NBC.com).

Jayson Nix digging the long ball against Cuba (photo courtesy of NBC.com).

While the normal folks among you were sleeping, Jayson Nix, who's in the Colorado Rockies minor league system after starting the season with the parent club, experienced the agony and the ecstasy of Olympic competition.